DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based insurance broker Griffiths & Armour. Upon completion of the transaction, Griffiths & Armour will become wholly-owned by Aon UK Limited and is proposed to go to market as "Griffiths & Armour, an Aon company".

The acquisition closely aligns with Aon's strategy to further expand its presence in the UK and Ireland. The combination will provide a greater breadth of solutions for clients across both Aon and Griffiths & Armour with complementary strengths that create a platform for further growth in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Together, Aon and Griffiths & Armour share a strong cultural alignment through an unwavering focus on clients and colleagues.

DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based insurance broker Griffiths & Armour. Upon completion of the transaction, Griffiths & Armour will become wholly-owned by Aon UK Limited and is proposed to go to market as "Griffiths & Armour, an Aon company".

The acquisition closely aligns with Aon's strategy to further expand its presence in the UK and Ireland. The combination will provide a greater breadth of solutions for clients across both Aon and Griffiths & Armour with complementary strengths that create a platform for further growth in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Together, Aon and Griffiths & Armour share a strong cultural alignment through an unwavering focus on clients and colleagues.

DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based insurance broker Griffiths & Armour. Upon completion of the transaction, Griffiths & Armour will become wholly-owned by Aon UK Limited and is proposed to go to market as "Griffiths & Armour, an Aon company".

The acquisition closely aligns with Aon's strategy to further expand its presence in the UK and Ireland. The combination will provide a greater breadth of solutions for clients across both Aon and Griffiths & Armour with complementary strengths that create a platform for further growth in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Together, Aon and Griffiths & Armour share a strong cultural alignment through an unwavering focus on clients and colleagues.

DUBLIN, Nov. 1, 2024 /CNW/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based insurance broker Griffiths & Armour. Upon completion of the transaction, Griffiths & Armour will become wholly-owned by Aon UK Limited and is proposed to go to market as "Griffiths & Armour, an Aon company".

The acquisition closely aligns with Aon's strategy to further expand its presence in the UK and Ireland. The combination will provide a greater breadth of solutions for clients across both Aon and Griffiths & Armour with complementary strengths that create a platform for further growth in the UK, Ireland and beyond. Together, Aon and Griffiths & Armour share a strong cultural alignment through an unwavering focus on clients and colleagues.

DUBLIN, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, plans to announce third quarter 2024 results on Friday, October 25, 2024, in a news release to be issued at 5:00 am Central Time. Greg Case, Chief Executive Officer, will host a conference call at 7:30 am Central Time on Friday, October 25, 2024. The conference call will be broadcast live through Aon's website at www.aon.com. A replay will be available shortly after the live webcast. The earnings release and supplemental slide presentation will be available on Aon's web site at www.aon.com.

DUBLIN, Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.675 per share on outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. The dividend is payable November 15, 2024 to shareholders of record on November 1, 2024.

Aon plc (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Through actionable analytic insight, globally integrated Risk Capital and Human Capital expertise, and locally relevant solutions, our colleagues provide clients in over 120 countries with the clarity and confidence to make better risk and people decisions that protect and grow their businesses.

Middle market firms in the U.S. and Canada see opportunity in their workforce dynamics and technology advancements

CHICAGO, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, and the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) today announced the results of a new study, Driving Growth: The Role of People, Risk, and Technology in Middle Market Success. The survey of financial decision makers across the U.S. and Canada uncovers how middle market businesses leverage their people and keep pace with their changing risk portfolio to achieve growth. The comprehensive study found two top trends supporting growth of middle market businesses: workforce dynamics and technology advancements.

TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2024 /CNW/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has released its Fall 2024 Canadian Insurance Market Update. While a competitive atmosphere continues as insurers strive for market share, the significant catastrophe activity Canada has faced in 2024, along with other factors discussed in the report, may lead to a quicker-than-anticipated shift back to a more conservative stance characterized by stricter underwriting practices and a focused risk selection process.

TORONTO, Oct. 1, 2024 /CNW/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, announced today that the aggregate funded ratio for Canadian pension plans in the S&P/TSX Composite Index percent compared to 106.9 percent at the end of the second quarter, according to the Aon Pension Risk Tracker.

The Aon Pension Risk Tracker calculates the aggregate funded position on an accounting basis for companies in the S&P/TSX Composite Index with defined benefit plans. To access Aon's interactive tracker, which dates to 2013, click here.

-      The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions would catalyze Ukraine's growth and future reconstruction

MONTE CARLO, Sept. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon and Marsh McLennan today called on the (re)insurance industry to build upon the capital, expertise and historical role of the (re)insurance industry to help Ukraine's resilience by catalyzing economic growth and strengthening the country's foundations for a post-conflict economy. The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions, which ignore the diversity of risk throughout the country, would further support for Ukraine's economy.

-      The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions would catalyze Ukraine's growth and future reconstruction

MONTE CARLO, Sept. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon and Marsh McLennan today called on the (re)insurance industry to build upon the capital, expertise and historical role of the (re)insurance industry to help Ukraine's resilience by catalyzing economic growth and strengthening the country's foundations for a post-conflict economy. The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions, which ignore the diversity of risk throughout the country, would further support for Ukraine's economy.

-      The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions would catalyze Ukraine's growth and future reconstruction

MONTE CARLO, Sept. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon and Marsh McLennan today called on the (re)insurance industry to build upon the capital, expertise and historical role of the (re)insurance industry to help Ukraine's resilience by catalyzing economic growth and strengthening the country's foundations for a post-conflict economy. The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions, which ignore the diversity of risk throughout the country, would further support for Ukraine's economy.

-      The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions would catalyze Ukraine's growth and future reconstruction

MONTE CARLO, Sept. 8, 2024 /CNW/ -- Aon and Marsh McLennan today called on the (re)insurance industry to build upon the capital, expertise and historical role of the (re)insurance industry to help Ukraine's resilience by catalyzing economic growth and strengthening the country's foundations for a post-conflict economy. The firms emphasized that the removal of blanket exclusions, which ignore the diversity of risk throughout the country, would further support for Ukraine's economy.

HELSINKI, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, a global leader in satellite-powered disaster management solutions, has announced that Aon, a leading global professional services firm, has expanded its data licensing agreement to include ICEYE's Flood Insights data globally and Wildfire Insights data for the US.

Under the agreement, Aon will incorporate ICEYE's near real-time flood and wildfire data into its event response capabilities for Reinsurance clients, to facilitate the loss analysis of catastrophic events. The high-resolution Insights data from ICEYE allows Aon to provide clients with detailed location-level analysis on flood and wildfire insights into damage of properties.

HELSINKI, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, a global leader in satellite-powered disaster management solutions, has announced that Aon, a leading global professional services firm, has expanded its data licensing agreement to include ICEYE's Flood Insights data globally and Wildfire Insights data for the US.

Under the agreement, Aon will incorporate ICEYE's near real-time flood and wildfire data into its event response capabilities for Reinsurance clients, to facilitate the loss analysis of catastrophic events. The high-resolution Insights data from ICEYE allows Aon to provide clients with detailed location-level analysis on flood and wildfire insights into damage of properties.

Newly combined platform enables HR and total rewards leaders to benchmark pay, assess plan design practices and access actionable talent analytics

CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the launch of its newly integrated Radford McLagan Compensation Database to significantly expand its analytics capabilities for Human Capital clients. This move brings the firm's market-leading compensation and talent insights in the financial services, life sciences and technology sectors together on a unified platform, along with data from many other industries.

–  Tool enables risk managers and brokers to assess corporate executive risks and tailor more impactful insurance programs–  Joins Aon's Property Risk and Casualty Risk analyzers in a growing suite of analytics tools for clients

DUBLIN, Aug. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today unveiled its Directors and Officers (D&O) Risk Analyzer, a digital application that allows risk managers of U.S.-listed public companies to make data-driven, technology-enabled decisions to mitigate executive risks facing their directors, officers and businesses. The tool is the latest release in a suite of new offerings that use data and analytics to deliver differentiated insights that help clients make better decisions in an evolving risk landscape.

CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The average cost of employer-sponsored health care coverage in the U.S. is expected to increase 9.0 percent*, surpassing $16,000 per employee in 2025, according to Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm.

This projected increase, which assumes employers do not implement employee cost sharing increases and other cost saving strategies, is higher than the 6.4 percent increase to health care budgets that employers experienced from 2023 to 2024 after cost savings strategies. On average, the budgeted health-plan cost for clients is $14,823 per employee in 2024. The analysis uses Aon's Health Value Initiative database, which captures information for more than 950 U.S. employers representing approximately 6.7 million employees.

DUBLIN, Aug. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that Admiral James Stavridis has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective Aug. 15, 2024.

"We are pleased to welcome Admiral Stavridis to Aon's Board of Directors," said Lester B. Knight, chair of Aon's board. "Admiral Stavridis' experience as a retired four-star U.S. naval officer, partner and vice chair for global affairs at Carlyle and board chair of the Rockefeller Foundation will bring new insights to our Board as we look to deliver more value for Aon's clients, colleagues and shareholders."

DUBLIN, Aug. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that Admiral James Stavridis has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective Aug. 15, 2024.

"We are pleased to welcome Admiral Stavridis to Aon's Board of Directors," said Lester B. Knight, chair of Aon's board. "Admiral Stavridis' experience as a retired four-star U.S. naval officer, partner and vice chair for global affairs at Carlyle and board chair of the Rockefeller Foundation will bring new insights to our Board as we look to deliver more value for Aon's clients, colleagues and shareholders."